PUBLIC MARKS from tadanderson with tags PLE & sei

Another year has gone by. Happy New Year everyone. It is time to update my book recommendation blog. There have been a ton of books come out this year both good and bad.

This book is the bible of documenting software architectures. It is a mandatory read for all software architects.

The authors of this book represent an all-star lineup of the best of the best in the Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE) field. They do a great job of providing a snapshot of the current SPLE best practices in the industry today....

Len Bass, co-author of Software Architecture in Practice, discusses quality attributes.

The first in a series of 3 Webinars on Software Product Lines is available to watch on line.

The book is a goldmine of information and guidance. ....

Modifiability and Extensibility are two of the most important Quality Attributes, yet they are often overlooked. SEI has compiled a new paper on Modifiability tactics that is definitely worth checking out.

The Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon has released their Framework for Software Product Line Practice, Version 5.0.

A new version of the Framework for Software Product Line Practice (version 5.0), is being built and is supposed to be released sometime in late summer.

Product Line Engineering is at the heart of Microsoft's Software Factory movement. Although we have benefited greatly from the release of the Mobile Client Software Factory, the Smart Client Software Factory, the Web Client Software Factory, and the Web Service Software Factory, we still do not have any new tools to create our own. I am still defaulting to the UML Profile that has served me well in the past. This series cover the PLE UML profile and contains a Sparx EA template with the profile pre-loaded.